What’s left for LeBron James to achieve after already having one of the greatest careers of any NBA player ever?

The Cleveland Cavaliers megastar has an answer for that. In an in-depth feature from ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, James revealed that his “right shooting elbow mysteriously swelled to the size of a tennis ball a few weeks after the conclusion of the NBA Finals” this summer.

So he switched his shooting style, which got rid of the swelling, and it’s turned out to have other benefits:

Through the first four games of the Cavs’ season, James is shooting as well as he ever has. James is 43-for-70 on 2-point field goals (61.4 percent), 8-for-18 on 3-pointers (44.4 percent) and 15-for-17 on free throws (88.2 percent).

It is a small sample size, but James is hopeful he can keep it up. The early returns even have the 15-year veteran eyeing a new career accomplishment.

Yep, that’s his goal. Seriously! And it’s a tough one to achieve — his career-high was 78 percent from the charity stripe in 2008-09. Since then he’s hovered around 75 percent until he shot 71 percent in his return to Cleveland in 2014-15. Last season, it was an abysmal 67.4 percent.

You’d think that’s going to be nearly impossible — he’s turning 33 years old and he’s in his 15th season. That means changing any habits will be way tougher, but it seems like he’s found a secret early this season. If he can overcome this — which might also involve himself finding the perfect routine at the line and sticking to it, read this ESPN the Magazine feature from May — and hit 80 percent, it really will be an incredible achievement.

LeBron James' one remaining goal has nothing to do with Michael Jordan

“That’s my last one. I’ve done everything else.”

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